Watanabe Fumio

Fumio Watanabe was a Japanese actor most known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima. He was born in Tokyo and graduated from the University of Tokyo before joining the Shōchiku studio in 1956.

Numata Yoichi

Numata Yoichi was a Japanese actor born in Yubara Village, Maniwa District, Okayama Prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Sixth Junior High School and dropped out of Nihon University's Film Department. After working as a trainee at the NHK Osaka Broadcasting Theater Company, he joined Toyoko…

Jeffrey Rowe

Canadian actor, voice actor and producer. Originally from Prince Edward Island though living on and off in Tokyo and Vancouver since 2003. Speak English, French and Japanese. Involved in drama and theatre since his teens (Macbeth; The Merchant of Venice). Many lead and featured roles in TV and film…

Sato Shimako

Sato Shimako is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Her husband is the film director Takashi Yamazaki . In 1992, she made his directorial debut in the movie “Tale of a Vampire” and won the Aboriaz Grand Prize at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival. (Source: Japanese Wikipedia)

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Japanese film director from the 1950s to 1970s. He directed at least six films about Zatoichi, The Blind Swordsman. Born in Shinagawa- cho , Tokyo (now Shinagawa-ku , Tokyo ). In the 1930s Nikkatsu Kyoto studio joined in, Sadao Yamanaka studied with, Marne SanTaro , Kinugasa fourteen San , Hiroshi Inagaki…

Mariya Tomoko

Mariya Tomoko is a Japanese actress, singer, writer, and Musashino Art University lecturer from Minato-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Takarazuka Music School in 1980, scoring the highest points in her graduation exam. She joined the Takarazuka Revue as a 66th gen member. In 1989, she won the 39th Minister…

Koike Asao

Koike Asao was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator from Tokyo. He graduated from Aoyama High School and joined the Bungakuza Acting Research Institute in 1950, making his stage debut in "The People of Mount Kunlun." In 1963, following a split in Bungakuza, he helped found the modern theater…

Yang Yong Hi

Yang Yong Hi is a Japanese-born Korean (or Zainichi) film director. Born in Osaka in 1964 as a second-generation Korean. She studied Korean literature at Korea University in Tokyo and media studies in New York. She has worked as a teacher, actress, radio host and foreign correspondent for TV. Having…

Kaneko Nobuo

Kaneko Nobuo was a Japanese actor, culinary researcher, host, and talent born in Shitaya, Tokyo, Japan. He grew up in a family of dentists and struggled with tuberculosis from a young age, facing a prognosis that he might not live past 20. Despite his health challenges, he graduated from Kyoka Gakuen…

David Sakurai

David Sakurai was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the age of 18, he moved to Japan where he received his theatrical training and honed his skills in the indie film scene in Tokyo. After relocating back to Denmark in 2008, Sakurai proved himself a strong, versatile actor having been cast in a variety…

Jeanne no Sabaki

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The prosecutors' review committee, chosen from ordinary citizens, takes on the absolute power of the prosecutors! A single father and manga artist starts a revolution like Joan of Arc! (Source: Japanese = tv-tokyo.co.jp…

MADDER: I am the Culprit in That Case

6.9

Nakano Akane is a genius high school student who was admitted to Seiran Gakuen, a preparatory school with a deviation score of 78 and the highest rate of students going on to Tokyo University, with perfect scores in…

Midnight Drift

7.0

To be recognized as the best, the inexperienced street racer Kazuki will need the help of a former champion and his trusted Mazda RX-7 to take on the field in this burner of high-octane Tokyo street races.

Jimoto ni Kaerenai Wakeari Danshi no 14 no Jijo

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For this anthology drama, members were selected from "Naniwa Boys", "Ae! Group", and "Lil Kansai". All 14 episodes of the drama depict an "event" that occurs in Tokyo, resulting in men who can't go home even if they…

Heaven Can Wait. Maybe...

7.0

Kaoru, Hiroki and Takeshi are childhood friends. Adults now, they have gone their separate ways, but still live close to each other in central Tokyo. Hiroki works for a newspaper company, and Takeshi has followed in…

The Women

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Misaki lives in a rural town situated among lush, green mountains beneath a clear blue sky. Despite graduating from a Tokyo university, she was unable to find the job she hoped for due to a lack of opportunities that…

Honcho Azumi Season 2

7.0

Team Azumi, which has successfully cracked down on people involved in stimulant drugs in a joint investigation with the Fifth Unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Anti-Organised Crime Division, is given a meal…

Montage Sanokuen Jiken Kitan

6.9

On December 10, 1968, the largest unresolved incident in the 20th century occurred in Fuchu, Tokyo, called the "300 million yen robbery". Although a major investigation was carried out on an unprecedented scale, it…

Life Can Be So Wonderful

6.9

Five short stories of life's joys and sorrows are brought together in this omnibus drama film. "The World Is Sometimes Beautiful" Noeda is 38 years old and has lived in Tokyo for 19 years. For 11 years now, she has…

My Little Chef

7.0

Seri, an unknown yet talented female chef from the country, arrives in Tokyo to work at French restaurant, 'Étoile', but discovers that they have gone out of business due to the departure of their main chef. Together…